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Showing posts with label Bert Olmstead. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Bert Olmstead. Show all posts

Great ex-Leafs Dickie Moore, Olmstead, Bathgate and old time Leaf rivals Gadsby and Hodge: remembering some NHL stars of my youth…

Sunday, May 22, 2016

I think most of us who have some emotional attachment to sports and particular teams and athletes in various sports are saddened when we ...

Some early-season Maple Leaf highlights…

Monday, November 30, 2015

A quick look at the current NHL standings in the Eastern Conferences shows the Maple Leafs, not surprisingly, hovering near the bottom of t...

If only we could find a modern-day Bert Olmstead to help get the Leafs over the top….

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

In recent days (well for longer than that, really) we’ve chatted here at VLM about what the Leafs need to get to that next “leve...

I need Matt Frattin to be my new Lanny McDonald

Thursday, April 5, 2012

My mind wandered during the Leaf game Thursday night and I started daydreaming a bit. (A 3-2 win in overtime against Stamkos and the Lightn...

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Vintage Leaf Memories has evolved since its launch in September of 2009. VLM began as a site almost exclusively about my memories as a Maple Leaf fan growing up in Ontario in the 1950s and into the ‘60s and ‘70s. I was born in 1953, and it was a golden era to grow up a Leaf fan, given their tremendous success under Punch Imlach in the 1960s.

I hope that the site will continue to grow! Thanks to everyone for their feedback.